Ooey-Gooey Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars

OMG these ooey-gooey salted chocolate chunk peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars. A mouthful, sure, however a fully scrumptious mouthful.

These infants are like a combo of your favourite peanut butter and oatmeal cookie baked right into a gooey, scrumptious blondie. That, plus puddles of darkish chocolate in each chew.

What extra may you need?!

I examined this recipe numerous instances to get the proper texture and ratio of peanut butter to oats to chocolate, and so forth and so forth. Belief me after I say these peanut oatmeal butter cookie bars are perfection. Take pleasure in as-is or with a aspect of ice cream for the most effective dessert to share with associates.

What you’ll must make these peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars

These epic, gluten free peanut butter cookie bars have golden, crisp, cookie-like edges and gooey facilities that make that impossible to resist. You gained’t imagine they’re each gluten and dairy free! Right here’s every thing you’ll must make them:

• Eggs: you’ll simply want two eggs in these peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars.
• Coconut sugar: we’re naturally sweetening them with coconut sugar, however you need to use brown sugar if you happen to’d like.
• Peanut butter: you’ll want to use a pure, creamy peanut butter for the proper texture. Use the code ‘AMBITIOUS15’ to get 15% off my favourite model, Wild Buddies!
• Coconut oil: some coconut oil ensures that they’ve an ooey-gooey middle.
• Almond flour: you’ll additionally want nice, blanched almond flour to maintain them gluten free and provides them the correct texture.
• Oats: we’re utilizing rolled oats in these bars as a result of oatmeal cookies = love.
• Baking staples: you’ll additionally want vanilla extract, baking soda & salt.
• Chocolate: gotta have these darkish chocolate puddles in each chew! Be happy to make use of a chocolate bar, chocolate chunks or chips. Particular be aware on this beneath!
• For topping: I like sprinkling a little bit fancy sea salt on high (who doesn’t?!)

The way to simply maintain them gluten free & dairy free

To maintain these peanut butter chocolate chunk cookie bars gluten & dairy free merely use gluten free rolled oats and dairy free chocolate!

The important thing to melty darkish chocolate

I like to recommend chopping up a darkish chocolate bar into chocolate chunks as a result of they may soften even higher than common chocolate chips or chunks.

Ingredient substitution FAQ

As with all recipes, I do know lots of you should have questions on substituting elements in these peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars. I at all times advocate sticking with the recipe as carefully as attainable for the most effective outcomes, however listed here are some swaps I can advocate (and a few that I don’t advocate):

• Can I make them vegan? I haven’t examined these peanut butter cookie bars utilizing flax eggs, however I do assume they may work nicely. Let me know if you happen to attempt it! Discover ways to make flax eggs right here.
• Can I exploit a special nut butter? The peanut butter actually provides these cookie bars an incredible taste, however I feel an almond or cashew butter would additionally work.
• Is there a swap for the coconut oil? Be happy to make use of melted and cooled butter or vegan butter.
• Can I exploit common flour? Sadly, no, I’d not advocate utilizing common, all goal flour and can’t advocate an alternative to the almond flour.
• What about metal reduce oats? I additionally can’t advocate utilizing metal reduce oats as the feel can be a lot completely different. All the time be happy to make use of gluten free rolled oats although.

Need thicker cookie bars?

If you happen to like your peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars extra “oat-y” and thicker, be happy to make use of 3/4 cup of rolled oats as an alternative of 1/2 cup. I personally favor utilizing 1/2 cup.

Ooey-gooey peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars in a single bowl

1. Prep your pan & oven. Preheat your oven to 350 levels F and line an 8×8 inch pan with parchment paper to forestall sticking.
2. Combine the moist. Add the entire moist elements to a big bowl and blend every thing till it’s tremendous easy.
3. Add the dry. Slowly combine the dry elements into the moist elements till nicely mixed. Then fold within the chocolate chunks (reserving some for the highest).
4. Bake ’em up. High your cookie bars with extra chocolate chunks and bake!
5. Cool & serve. Sprinkle the bars with some fancy sea salt proper out of the oven, then cool them fully, slice and serve them up.

Don’t overlook the following pointers for good peanut butter cookie bars

• Pack the almond flour. Make sure to pack the almond flour identical to you’d with brown sugar. No must pack the coconut sugar.
• Use room temp elements. Be sure your coconut oil is totally cooled and your eggs are room temperature earlier than utilizing them in order that they don’t coagulate.
• Combine the moist elements nicely. You must combine the moist elements for a minimum of 30 seconds in order that the oil combines nicely with the opposite elements. In any other case, you could have some oil separation (which we don’t need).
• Underbake them *barely*. The important thing to retaining these peanut butter cookie bars gooey and scrumptious is to barely underbake them. Take them out as quickly as the sides are getting barely golden brown. They’ll set extra as you allow them to cool.
• Cool earlier than chopping. Make sure to let the bars cool for a minimum of 15-20 minutes earlier than chopping into them in order that they keep collectively nicely.

Storing & freezing ideas

1. To retailer: I’d advocate leaving them on the counter for not more than a day or two, after which storing the peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars coated within the fridge. They’re scrumptious straight from the fridge!
2. To freeze: permit the peanut butter cookie bars to chill fully, then reduce them as directed. Wrap particular person cookie bars in plastic wrap, then in foil or a reusable bag. Freeze for as much as 3 months. When able to get pleasure from, merely thaw them at room temperature.

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I hope you’re keen on these ooey-gooey peanut butter oatmeal cookie bars! If you happen to make them you’ll want to go away a remark and a ranking so I understand how you favored them. Take pleasure in, xo!